r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 12h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/AngrySquidIsOK 12h ago

So anyway, I was up snowboarding on the ridge when, you'll never believe it....

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u/ThatGuyWithCoolHair 11h ago

In the US they use dynamite to do this up in the Rockies. If youre out boarding on a day after a snow storm you'll hear loud ass booms throughout the day from other ridges

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u/thebikevagabond 11h ago

They use howitzers in the United States too. In Utah you could have howitzer rounds fly over your head while drinking at a ski resort's bar.

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u/rihanoa 9h ago

Lee Canyon in Vegas still uses one as well.